The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Powhatan County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.
1: Standards for Specific Principal Uses and Structures, of Article VII: Use Standards.) ** Civic center ** means a facility designed to accommodate 500 or more persons and used for conventions, conferences, seminars, product displays, recreation activities, and
Read it in the chapter →College or university; 3. Hospital; 4. Cemetery; 5. Public square or plaza; 6. Civic center ; 7. Utility use, major; 8. Adult book or video store; 9. Adult motion picture theater; 10. Animal shelter; 11. Pound; 12.
Read it in the chapter →lab; 8. Medical treatment facility; 9. Cemetery; 10. Public square or plaza; 11. Civic center ; 12. Club or lodge; 13. Place of worship; 14. Animal shelter/pound; 15. Kennel, commercial; 16. Veterinary clinic; 17. Business service establishment;
Read it in the chapter →| Not applicable | | **Other Institutional Uses** | | | | | Civic center | 1 per 200 s.f. | | | Club or lodge | 1 per 100 s.f. of assembly space | |
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